MARVIN

by Tom Armstrong

"To Marvin, the year-old toddler who stars in Tom Armstrong's celebrated comic strip, adults do the strangest things. Unlike other family features, the world of Marvin is seen through the unique perspective of its carpet-crawling, crumb-crushing star. His biggest fear in life is the growing suspicion that one day he's going to turn into one of those strange, large creatures.
The playpen philosopher lives with his parents, Jeff and Jenny, and Bitsy, his sarcastic canine sidekick. Depending on the time of day, Bitsy can be both Marvin's best friend and worst enemy. Together, they wreak havoc and laughs in their own little virtual reality world.

Marvin first hit the comics pages in August 1982, and King Features now distributes the strip to 380 newspapers around the world.

Marvin starred in his own 1989 special, "Marvin: Baby of the Year," on CBS; has been a licensing and merchandising success almost from the very beginning; and has appeared in a number of paperback collections, including "Marvin Steps Out" and "All I Really Need To Know I Learned While Still In Diapers."

What is the reason for the strip's incredible popularity? Simple. Marvin portrays contemporary families coping with problems in the real world, armed with little more than a sense of humor, some common sense...and a few well-worn "baby expert" books. Readers respond to Marvin's independence — while seemingly being a helpless little baby, in actual fact, he totally controls all the "big people" around him. Like some pint-size potentate, his attitude is that his parents and grandparents were only put there to respond to his every whim. As Marvin likes to say, "Good servants are so hard to find!"

Taken from http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/marvin/about.htm